The legal framework for space is primarily laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

The legal framework for space is primarily laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty Article VI is most relevant to your question; here's a law review article summarizing some of the issues: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=spacelaw https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1...